resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance
silence; stillness; quietness
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
this and that; one thing or another; something or other; various things
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
self-interest; personal profit
self-interest; selfish desire
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply; easily cut
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
good humour (humor); good mood
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
advance; moving forward; progress
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback; skimming (a percentage of the profits, proceeds, etc.)
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
professionalism; professional awareness; professional attitude
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to wander; to roam from place to place